21 March 2015

Hunting Pine Sap & Making Pitch Sticks

Travel this year has been for more intense than anticipated, bouncing
between Denver, Chicago, and Philly for weeks now. Got a break this
weekend so I hit the trail with Ace. I wanted to hunt down some pine sap
and make some pitch sticks, and I also wanted to get some work out of a
new River Bottom Blades Guide.

I maybe don't make pitch sticks
the right way, seems they work for me though. Mine don't come out black
because I don't use charcoal, I use ground rabbit droppings for the
filler and I also melt in some pure beeswax, thus mine come out brown. I
think I use some charcoal next time just to see how if there is much
difference in the end product.